by Agustín Blanco | Feb 13, 2018 | Construction, Creative Industries, Energy, Health, Transport
The Task group 2 Ten materials needs for the future of the World Materials Research Institutes Forum has attempted to identify, and continually update, the ten most important topics in the field of materials science and engineering. The current list is described...
by Gorka Varela | Jun 22, 2017 | Creative Industries
Google and Levi’s showed off last week a new joint project: a USD 350 smart jean jacket. While this jacket literally puts tech on your sleeve, it does it in a subtle way that doesn’t require putting another screen on your body. In doing so, it offers a glimpse of what...
by Gorka Varela | Jun 20, 2017 | Creative Industries
Oil and water don’t mix, the saying goes, but in the event of a big oil spill, they do a pretty good imitation. Read full story at: textile-future.com
by Gorka Varela | Jun 13, 2017 | Creative Industries
Engineers and biologists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have teamed up to design a new “living material” — a tough, stretchy, biocompatible sheet of hydrogel injected with live cells that are genetically programmed to light up in the presence of...
by Gorka Varela | Jun 6, 2017 | Creative Industries
Separating one chemical from another may sound incredibly dull, but it’s vital to making everything from plastic dishes to cleaning drinking water. Chemical separation accounts for 10 to 15 percent of the nation’s energy use. Read full story at:...
by Gorka Varela | May 29, 2017 | Creative Industries
With a wide scope such as being conductive, heating, informing and power-generating, smart textiles are the perfect basis to develop new innovative products. Materials with textile intelligence just wait to be used in R&D-departments of medium-sized companies. A...
